Ethiopic Sinodos

Ethiopic Sinodos — Horner 1904 English translation of the Statutes — sourcepage 219

172 STATUTES OF THE APOSTLES We praise thee and glorify thee and confess thee and give thanks to thee in all that thou hast done to us — blessings and all thy benefit : for thou savedst the lost world, thou sentest thy Son Jesus Christ our 5 Lord, not to judge the world, but to save the world by him, and he gathered together our dispersion ; and we know that thou alone art the true Lord who sentest Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we offer to thee this chrism, which thou hast given us for healing lo and using in other necessities, that thou wouldst be willing to send thy Holy Spirit upon it, through our Lord and our Saviour Jesus Christ, and may it become an unction of holiness and seal of the Holy Spirit for those who shall receive of it, and the washing of 15 regeneration to them to whom was given redemption and sure grace ; may it seal them with the seal of unction and washing of their nature ; cause that they may be named the temple of the Holy Spirit, through the name of our Lord and our Saviour Jesus Christ, through 20 whom, etc. And breathe thrice into his face, and then anoint him with the holy chrism on his forehead and breast, saying to each : I give to thee the holy unction and the seal of grace of the Holy Spirit. And he who 25 is sealed shall say : Amen. If it is a presbyter who baptises, let him take the chrism from the bishop, and anoint them after they have put on the baptismal (robe); and then he proceeds to pray, and having finished the prayer of the holy oil, they cause 30 three little children to come near to him, and their elders likewise, and having turned them towards the